Robert Vadra firm goes to Punjab and Haryana HC, questions govt action

Skylight is also under the scanner of the Justice S N Dhingra inquiry commission that is looking into allotment of commercial licences to various companies during the previous Congress government.

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra is one of the directors of the company.

Skylight Hospitality Private Limited has told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the Haryana excise and taxation department has not provided documents on the basis of which it was issued notices for evasion of Value Added Tax in October 2015 on the ground that it had “sold the licence” of 3.5 acres of land in Shekhokupra village of Gurgaon to DLF.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra is one of the directors of the company. “In the run-up to the Parliament elections as also the state Assembly elections of November 2014, frequent unsubstantiated allegations were levelled against one of the directors (Robert Vadra) of the petitioner company as part of a systematic vendetta,” the company told the court.

“In furtherance to the vendetta and extraneous consideration nurtured against the petitioner company”, it said, a notice under Section 16 of the Haryana VAT Act was issued on October 15, 2015. The petition came up for hearing on Monday.

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Skylight is also under the scanner of the Justice S N Dhingra inquiry commission that is looking into allotment of commercial licences to various companies during the previous Congress government.

The company has sought details about the information gathered to arrive at the conclusion that the licence was allegedly sold by the company for Rs 58 crore and the records made available by the department of town and country planning to the excise and taxation department.

While the excise authorities have said that it is a sale of commodity and the company is liable to pay VAT, Skylight has said there is no concept of sale of licence and it has sold the land through a sale deed after paying the stamp duty and other charges.

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